Being a Cub, Scout, or Guide opens up a world of opportunity – and local young people have seized that chance to enjoy success and develop as people down the years.
One example was when canoeists from 1st Kendal Scouts and Guides were national champions in 1989 after success in the National Scout Canoe Championships on Windermere.
The event was part of the National Scout Marathon.
Five competitors from Kendal became champions out of 130 entries from all over the country.
A stiff breeze down the lake was in the competitors’ favour. But it made conditions choppy on the juniors’ six-and-a-quarter-mile course and seniors’ seven-and-a-half-mile course from Bowness Bay to Fellfoot Park.
John Egerton, of 1st Kendal, was champion in the slalom class and won the North West championship, while Roy Bladen won the junior K1 event and the North West trophy.
The fastest competitor on the course was David Jackson, who won the junior class 3 race and the North West trophy.
Yvonne Laurie, of Kendal 1st Guides, won the junior guides race and the ladies head of the lake trophy for the best female competitor.
In the senior classes, Mark Laurie came second in the class 3 event and became North West champion on form.
David Milligan became Venture Scout slalom and North West champion.
The 1st Kendal slalom team took the team trophy for the race in the North West championship.
A two-mile course at the south end of the lake for beginners was won by Chris Lowe in the 11-year-olds class and Scott Wilkinson, in the 12-year-olds event.
All trophies were presented by Colin Hetherington, operations manager of Sealink.
Members of Kentdale Scouts took part in the St George’s Day Parade in Kendal in 1993.
The Scouts marched through Abbot Hall into the packed parish church, after the planned march down the town’s main street was rained off.
Scouts and parents took part on the St George’s Day service, after which a special presentation was made to Edna Airey for ‘25 years faithful and efficient service’ in Scouting.
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